Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 3.12.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रा॑ग्नी नव॒तिं पुरो॑ दा॒सप॑त्नीरधूनुतम् । सा॒कमेके॑न॒ कर्म॑णा ॥
इन्द्राग्नी नवतिं पुरो दासपत्नीरधूनुतम् । साकमेकेन कर्मणा ॥
indrāgnī navatim puro dāsapatnīr adhūnutam | sākam ekena karmaṇā ||
English translation:
“Indra and Agni, with one united effort you over-threw ninety cities ruled over by (your) foes.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Dāsa patniḥ puraḥ, cities of which dāsas were the lords
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāgnī ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ इति॑ । न॒व॒तिम् । पुरः॑ । दा॒सऽप॑त्नीः । अ॒धू॒नु॒त॒म् । सा॒कम् । एके॑न । कर्म॑णा ॥
इन्द्राग्नी इति । नवतिम् । पुरः । दासपत्नीः । अधूनुतम् । साकम् । एकेन । कर्मणा ॥
indrāgnī iti | navatim | puraḥ | dāsa-patnīḥ | adhūnutam | sākam | ekena | karmaṇā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.12.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“ninety; navati [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”
[noun], masculine
“slave; Dāsa; servant; savage; Shudra.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“wife; mistress; queen.”
[verb], dual, Imperfect
“shake; remove; chase away.”
[adverb]
“together; jointly; simultaneously.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”